Benjamin Franklin sem2 bl4

(1706-1790)

Essential Questions:

1. Why was Ben Franklin considered the First American? Answer!
2. What was Ben Franklins purpose of writing The Poor Richards Almanac? The Answer!
3. Which of his inventions influenced America the most and why? Answer

1. He created daylight savings time, fire departments, and the first fire insurance company.
2. He discovered electricity.
3. He drew the first political cartoon.
4. Incouraged everyone to eat vitamin C, before it was even discovered.
5. He published the Pennsylvania Gazette.
6. Wrote the Poor Richards Almanac
7. When he was sixteen he experimented with vegetarianism to save money to buy books.
8. He is the oldest person to sign the Declaration of Independence.
9. His quotes are used every day, and he is the most quotable person in American history.
10. He sold some of his books to come to America and he was only seventeen.
11. He was the only one to sign all four documents that gained America's Independence from the British the documents were:
    • -Declaration of Indepence (1776)
    • -The Treaty of Alliance, Amity, and Commerce with France (1778)
    • -The Treaty of Peace (1782)
    • -The Constitution (1787)

Benjamin Franklin's first political cartoon